Yu (kana)

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The hiragana ゆ.

The katakana ユ.

	kana - gojūon
n	wa	ra	ya	ma	ha	na	ta	sa	ka	a
tsu	wi	ri		mi	hi	ni	chi	shi	ki	i
゛		ru	yu	mu	fu	nu	tsu	su	ku	u
ー	we	re		me	he	ne	te	se	ke	e
	wo	ro	yo	mo	ho	no	to	so	ko	o

ゆ, in hiragana, or ユ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both are written in two strokes. Both are pronounced (IPA) [jɯ].

Also note that, as in the other -u kana, the 'u' sound is very subtle; unless well-articulated, this kana sounds fairly close to 'y' alone.

When small and accompanied by an -i kana, this kana represents not a separate sound but a modification of that of another (see yōon).

Forms	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal y- (や行 ya-gyō)	yu	ゆ	ユ
	yuu yū	ゆう, ゆぅ ゆー	ユウ, ユゥ ユー